Our top places are some of the wildest, most rugged and most pristine places in America. At Wilderness, we spend a lot of time in these places, working to protect them. We hope that you'll find among this list the next wild place you want to explore.

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Betty White first visited California’s Sierra Nevada at age four. That visit, and visits almost every year thereafter, made a lasting impression on her.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the Department of the Interior. In doing so, he elevates a politician with a history of anti-conservation rhetoric and congressional action to the brink of managing most American public lands.

Some of the most important climate and energy achievements of the last eight years—including many that were Wilderness Society priorities—will be on the chopping block the moment President-elect Trump settles into the Oval Office. It will be more important than ever to stand up and let our lawmakers know what is important to us.